Table 1:
Descriptive statistics of the novel odor recognition task metrics.
| Young | Aged | AU | AI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sham | N | 9 | 17 | 8 | 9 |
| Time novel (s) | 8.49 ± 1.44 | 4.47 ± 0.04 | 3.53 ± 0.35 | 5.3 ± 1.01 | |
| Time familiar (s) | 4.14 ± 0.66 | 3.09 ± 0.70 | 1.97 ± 0.44 | 4.01 ± 1.21 | |
| Total exploration time (s) | 12.63 ± 2.02 | 7.56 ± 1.05 | 5.5 ± 0.71 | 9.4 ± 1.71 | |
| Recognition Index | 0.67 ± 0.02 | 0.62 ± 0.04 | 0.67 ± 0.03 | 0.58 ± 0.07 | |
| rTMS | N | 8 | 17 | 8 | 9 |
| Time novel (s) | 8.28 ± 1.91 | 5.21 ± .079 | 3.62 ± 1.19 | 6.62 ± 0.85 | |
| Time familiar (s) | 5.76 ± 2.28 | 2.58 ± 0.43 | 3.18 ± 0.79 | 2.05 ± 0.37 | |
| Total exploration time (s) | 14.04 ± 3.99 | 7.8 ± 0.83 | 6.81 ± 1.48 | 8.68 ± 0.87 | |
| Recognition Index | 0.63 ± 0.04 | 0.64 ± 0.06 | 0.51 ± 0.10 | 0.75 ± 0.04 |
Mean ± std error. AU: aged-unimpaired rats based on water maze performance; AI: aged-impaired rats based on water maze performance; rTMS: repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation; Recognition Index (novel odor exploration/total exploration time).